Method of forming ornamental relief figures



AugQZS, 1934. v j WAUGU ST HAL 1,971,700

METHOD OF FORMING ORNAMENTAL RELIEF FIGURES Filed July 25. 1932 "plates may be used for various purposes.

Patented Aug; 28, 1934 l REL J I UB v -wendeunugust; Grove cit James Mcc'ausland, I

Falls Creek, and Howard J.*Chapin', Brockway, .Pa., assignors toWendell August Forge Incorpo- V vania '3, rated, Grove City, Pa., a corporation of Pen'nsyl- ApplicationJuly 25, 1932, Serial No. 624,640

1 7. Claims. (01. 41-24) 3::

The present invention isdesigned to form or namental relief figures on metal plates which method gives to the plates a very artistic effect and can be readily and rapidly practiced so that the plates may be formed in production-rapidly enough to make such iplates readily salable. The

plates may be used for variouspurposes, as for example, they may beshaped into ordinary trays.

Features and details of the invention ,will appear more fully, from thefollowing specification'and claims.

A preferred manner of carrying out the method and the tools for practicing it arefillust'rated in the accompanying drawing as follows Fig. 1 shows a plan :view of a pattern block; Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-'-2 in Fig 1.

r 'Fig. 3 the ornamented plate'iasit Ome fr .lj heblock; Q 1 "'20.

Fig.4 a section on the line 4,4 showing a retouching, orforming tool more definitely out} lining the design.-

1 Fig.5 a plan View of the fin'ished plate.

' Fig. 6 a rear view of the finished'plate."

lmarks the plate. a metal."v We have found that'iordinary aluminum ,is welladapted for the purpose. A pattern block 2 has a pattern formed in its face. For very many designs the patternmay be formed by cutting the design through the blockand'in the block 2 pertions of the pattern 3 are formed by simply. sawingout, or removing the material entirely through Such portions of the pattern are indicated at 4. The parts 4 are deerator" merely hammers. the back of the plate.

a The yielding of the metal indicates to the operator those portions of the. plate which are over the parts of the design having the higherjrelief and having some idea of th'epattern theoperator can attention isrequired by the operator. Merely fol- The This may be of ductile 3. The. method of forming ornamental plates,

which consists in forming a depressed portion in -ajpattern block; placing the platethereupon and s g r H ..hammering theback of the plate forcing the mamanlpulate hlS hammer using the peenmg end,g

' if desired, forcingthe metal to follow'the design.

: Fo r= very many parts ofthe' design no particular butgenerally speaking it is a very simple operation which can be readily followed. T s

In the hammering of the metal the metal partly flows and partly bends to form the design,

The parts of the design having the least relief are} formed largely through the'flowing of the metal. while, the deeper portions are formed byfiowing 1 and bending. The design asit comes from the block is indicated in Fig. 3, having the relief por- 'tions la, and the outlines of the design may be 55 sharpened to give it a slightly more pleasing effect,

if desired, by a formingtool 6 which is operated along the lines to bring outv morev definitely certain ofthe lines desired by depressing portions 1bv along the line of; the relief. This is .just an; ordi- G .nary forming tool operated upon by a hammer and worked along thelines desired. The face of the material may be givenan added mottled ap w l pearance, as indicated in Fig. 5, by hammering;

but it gets some of this effect from the hammer-1: 5

,ing on the back, so that this step is unnecessary. i

I The rear of the plate has the hammered surface with the hammer indentations 7' and the higher parts of the relief are indicated to some extent, but with nodefinite degree of similarity 9 by depressions Swhich are formed by the hammer, or peening end of the hammer, the peening portion of the hammer being small enough to follow these depressions.

What we claim as new is: v 1. The method offorming ornamental plates which consists-inf forming a depressed portion in a pattern block; placing the plate thereupon and hammering the back of the plate forcing the material of the plate into the depressions formed intheblock.' r

12.; The method of forming ornamental plates which-consists in forming a depressed portion 'in a pattern. block; placing the plate thereupon and hammering the back of the plate; forcing 5 the material of the plateinto the depressions formed inthe block forming a hammered surface on the plate. f-

terial through suc'hhammering of the plate into the depressions formed in the block by metal no I the depressions formed in the block; reversing the plate; and sharpening the outline of thedesign by a forming operation along the lines of the design.

5. The method of forming ornamental plates which consists forming a depressed portion in a pattern block by extending openings entirely through the block; placing the plate thereupon and hammering the back of the plate; and form and hammering the back of the plate; and forcing the material through such hammering of the plate into the depressions formed in the block.

'7. The method of forming ornamental plates which consists in forming 'a depressed portion in a pattern block; placing therplate thereupon and hammering the back of the plate forming a ham- 'mered surface on the plate and forcing the material through such hammering of the plate into the depressions formed in the block; reversing the plate; and sharpening the outline of the design by a forming operation along the lines of h des gn.- v WENDELL AUGUST.

JAMES MCCAUSLAND. HOWARD J. CHAPIN.

DISCLAIMER c 1 1,971,700.Weudell August, Grove City, James McO'auslaud, Falls Creek, and Howard J. Chopin, Brockway, Pa. METHOD OF FORMING ORNAMENTAL RELIEF FIGURES. Patent dated August 28, 1934. Disclaimer filed January 15, 1935, by the assignee, Wendell August F orge Incorporated. Therefore, disclaims from each of claims 1, 2, and 3 any method of forming ornamental plates except a method in which the hammer blows upon the back of the plate are selectively governed with relation to the depressed portion of the pattern block.

[Oflicial Gazette February 5, 1935.]

DISCLAIMER 1,971,700.Weudell August, Grove City, James McCauslaud, Falls Creek, and Howard J. Chapz'u, Brockway, Pa. METHOD OF FORMING ORNAMENTAL RELIEF FIGURES. Patent dated August 28, 1934. Disclaimer filed January 15, 1935, by the assignee, Wendell August Forge Incorporated.

Therefore, disclaims from each of claims 1, 2, and 3 any method of forming ornamental plates except a method in which the hammer blows upon the back of the plate are selectively governed with relation to the depressed portion of the pattern b ock.

[Ofiic'ial Gazette February 5, 1985.] 

